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Topic: humminbird 798ci si combo (Read 621 times)

Anyone on here have one of these with the sidescan? I purchased a 15' 11" sea explorer that has one on it but it doesn't have any chips. The depth and sidescan seem to work decently but there are no maps. I have two choices, either buy a used or new garmin of which I have had several over the years and really like or buy a navionics plus chip. Any input would be appreciated.

If yours is like mine, it should have the Humminbird map in the system even with no “chips”. You may have to go into the settings to switch from the map on the card to the internal map. You can go to the Humminbird website and download the manual. You can also update the unit on the website and download the “Humminbird PC” software which lets you work with your fishing Spots on your computer. You can also open them in Google Earth with the Humminbird PC Software. There may still be waypoints from the previous owner which you can save to a blank card/chip, then transfer to your computer with the HPC software.

Any Navionics chip should work. That unit is ok... smallish screen, but a lower end (sub $500) Garmin isn't really going to give you much of an improvement. I would look into a Navionics+ chip/download option. You can select high-detail maps (better than the old Fish-n-chip) for the areas you want to fish, and you don't have to pay the full price for a chip that covers the entire West Coast.

FYI... Garmin just bought Navionics. A lot of concern they may shut down access to future mapping products for their competitors.

Went ahead with the navionics card. Bought the wrong one. You have to have a "platinum" version to get text that the normal person can read. Totally ticked. Why would a manufacturer put out a product that has text too small to read? Humminbird says "sorry". Navionics says "should have spent more money". Done with both.

Same problem as mine. Strange why both navionics and hummingbird would produce a product that is difficult for the average person to read. I have good eyesite but occasionally use glasses for reading fine print but this problem is beyond fine print. Thanks for the reply. Now I wish I would have bought a used garmin for the mapping.

Never have tried it with garmin or hummingbird. I fish a relatively limited area offshore and just a handful of lakes so with garmins' ability to store like 1000 waypoints never been a problem. One thing about the hummingbird that I think I will like is the ability to shade certain depths. Ability to find high and low spots without having to mentally interpret.

Never have tried it with garmin or hummingbird. I fish a relatively limited area offshore and just a handful of lakes so with garmins' ability to store like 1000 waypoints never been a problem. One thing about the hummingbird that I think I will like is the ability to shade certain depths. Ability to find high and low spots without having to mentally interpret.

I use the shaded depth feature all the time on my hummingbird 859. I put a navionics plus card in the unit and love the easy functionality of this unit. I would like a bigger screen, that’s it. maybe next year.